MAIDEN25

MAIDEN25 has 11 years experience and specializes in GERIATRICS and REHAB.

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1. 8 or 12 hour shifts for nursing staff?

   MAIDEN25 replied to Bubbles82's topic in LTC Directors

   When i worked in LTC it was 8 hour shifts and ,we had callins all the time and ot was always an issue. I think 12 hr would be good for that but the 8 hr is good for the pts when they get to see a familar face almost everyday

2. Fall precautions

   MAIDEN25 replied to sonsonly's topic in Rehabilitation

   I was reading everyones post and am shocked to see how many people still use RESTRAINTS!!! I believe they just make the situation worse. I work in a rehab with TBI (traumatic brain injuries) spinal cords, strokes, ortho. We have NO restraints. Its a ...

3. magnet status

   MAIDEN25 replied to okscrapper's topic in Oklahoma

   And half the time these new RNs have no clue how to do these proceedures. I think every RN should have to be a LPN first and have a certian amount of experiance. Now i also have to mention that there are also a lot of great RNs out there. Phasing out...

4. LPN Tuition-how much did you pay?

   MAIDEN25 replied to avahsmiles's topic in LPN/LVN Students

   I live in oklahoma and just recently graduated from a 18month course everything was paid for including nclex and they set it all up for us and i paid $20,000 but my friend just graduated from the same amount of class where nothing was paid for and it...